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NEWS
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ike her husband Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King dreamed of making the world a better place to live. Each year the King Center in Atlanta awards a Coretta Scott King A.N.G.E.L. (Advancing Nonviolence through ExcepGenerations of Excep tional Leadership) Award to a young leader (ages 12-25). Last January, Aidan Thomas Hornaday, founder of AidanCares, was awarded the A.N.G.E.L. Award for his commitment to helping those in need and for working to teach a new generation to give.
Aidan with comedian Jeff Foxworthy
Find your passion. People, animals or the earth. Give to what matters to you. What makes your heart sing?
Aidan with CNN founder and philanthropist Ted Turner
Run TO need not FROM it! Define needs and go meet them. Include others, it’s an opportunity, not an inconvenience.
idan Thomas Hornaday, age 14, has been playing a harmonica since he was little. One night he started playing his harmonica at a restauant because he was bored at a grown-up dinner. He ended up getting $80 in tips!
No matter how small an act of giving. BAM! You become a difference maker!
Hang with givers. You are defined by those you run with and remember selfishness is a drag.
He decided to give his tips to charity to help sick children in Africa. He read an article about an illness there and he donated his tips to buy pills to help stop the suffering. That was the start of AidanCares. Since then, things have really taken off. Aidan and his mom travel to raise money and to talk about the importance of all ages to give and serve. Aidan has visited children in hospitals and met celebrities and newsmakers as he spreads his message about giving to others. “Find your passion and give from that place. Then you will never give out,” says Aidan. AidanCares is in the process of creating a series called “Giving 101” which will help inspire others to find what makes their heart sing. Read more at www.aidancares.org
No excuses. Giving & compassion need to be as much a part of your life as breathing, working, relationships.
Think of the world as a giant mosaic, it will never be complete without you. YOU matter.
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SPOTLIGHT What if this news story was true? Are the schools in Spottville treating all children equally?
Dottie and lots of kids from her school are speaking out against the Freckle Rule. Use the code to see what their signs say.
This story may seem a bit silly. Sadly, there is some truth to it. For many years, groups of people in the United States were treated differently just because of the way they look. To advertise, please call & Oceana’s Herald-Journal Ludington Daily News
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STEM
What time do the clocks and watches on the left show?
Can you do each of these for one minute? Find someone to time you and see!
Can you find the clocks that show the same time on the right?
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PUZZLEs Can you decide which license plate belongs to which driver?
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COOL COOL LINKS LINKS
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Five Senses
Study the five senses and then you will help the monk to meditate. There's a fun quiz at the end too.
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EARLY LEARNERS Q is for Quetzal q is for quetzal
The quetzal is a beautiful bird that lives in Central and South America. Find the differences between the two quetzal birds.
Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Q. Say the letter as you trace it.
How many words or pictures can you find on this page that have the sound that the letter Q makes in the word quetzal? How many
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Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.
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MONEY MATTERS
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A is something you must have in order to survive. You need shelter, clothing, food, water and sometimes medicines. A is something you would like to have, but can live without. A music player, a computer, a television and a bike are wants, not needs. ometimes it is hard to decide if something is a need or a want. For example, cake is a food, but it is not a need. It’s a want.
Look at each picture. Put a green N on each picture that shows something you need each day.
Which of these following foods are more wants than needs?
Put a red W on each picture that shows something you might want, but not need.
The school cafeteria is making students think before they buy a snack. The prices are all written in code! and so forth until you get to
To figure out what each snack item costs, you must first find out what number goes with each letter in the word. Then, add the numbers that “spell” each word to get the price. For example:
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CALENDAR
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2016 It is said that no two snowflakes are exactly alike, but on this page, all the snowflakes are the same except for one. Can you find it?
Chart how many hours of sleep you get per night. Between 10 and 11 should be your target.
Write down three trivia questions and quiz your parents or friends. Then have them ask you three trivia questions.
Festival of Sleep Day
Trivia Day
30 minutes of walking can boost your brainpower. Start walking with some friends daily.
Why is milk important? Discuss the different ways you consume milk? What is your favorite milk product?
Ben Franklin was born on this day in 1706. Discuss his accomplishments and inventions. Why are these important to us all today?
This is a day off school when you can serve your community. For ideas visit www.mlkday.gov
Invite some friends over or gather the family together for Family Game Night
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day How many different “opposites” can you think of today. Make a list and add to it throughout the day.
Wrap up warm and go for a walk today. See how many different kinds of birds you can spot. National Bird Day
Write out your list of 10 long-term goals for the New Year. New Year’s Day Today would be a good day to write thank you letters for all your Christmas gifts. National Thank You Month
Put together a family calendar for the entire year. Mark everyone’s birthday, school holidays, anniversaries and special days.
Choose something new to make or do this month. Start collecting the materials you’ll need for a new hobby. National Hobby Month
Fill five or six glasses with different amounts of water. Make a tune tapping them lightly with a wooden spoon.
Which is the most cluttered part of your room? Get containers together and organize the clutter, label the containers and throw away or recycle unwanted pieces.
Look through a page in the newspaper and find a word you do not understand. Look up the meaning in a dictionary.
Discuss frost today in class. What does it look like and feel like? How does it form? Or make a fruity frost treat at home by mixing different fruit juices and freezing them.
Write a one paragraph description of your favorite pie, what is in it and why it is your favorite. National Pie Day
Find a chore to do at home or ask a parent to allocate a chore. Give it an extra effort and see if you can accomplish something today. Work Harder Day
Make a map today of your home and yard, as if you are looking down on it from above. Use color to show different elements.
Save up for something special! Start a jar or a piggy bank and put in change whenever you can.
For tonight’s movie, rent a movie with a winter theme. Make a big bowl of popcorn and enjoy the show. Family Movie Night
Help a parent make a big bowl of soup for dinner tonight.
National Soup Month
Make a January scrapbook. Include photos of all the family and memorabilia from special events and excursions this month.
Lewis Carroll was born on this day on 1832. Make a drawing of one of the characters from Alice in Wonderland.
Get a group together. Choose a tune you all enjoy and play your kazoos together.
Find a puzzle in Kid Scoop News and work with a friend to find the solution.
What did you do this month to stay healthy? What will you carry forward to stay healthy next month?
Kazoo Day
National Puzzle Day
National Staying Healthy Month
Today is Australia Day. Write down three facts about Australia.
Opposites Day
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Sprint from one end of a basketball court to the other. How many times can you go back and forth in 10 minutes?
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ANIMALS
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Like a ghost, the snowy owl glides through the air in soundless flight. This owl is different from most owls because it hunts during the day and at night. Most owls hunt at night. In the arctic region, the summer days and nights are always light. An owl waiting for darkness to hunt would starve before the 9 dark days of winter arrive. 2 1 42
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The snowy owl is one of the largest owls, with a height of about 27 inches (69 cm) and a wingspan of up to 60 inches (152 cm). Wingspan is the measurement from wing tip to wing tip, when the wings are fully stretched.
Many animals can blend into their environment. This is called camouflage. There are few trees on the tundra, so the snowy owl’s white plumage blends with the snowy world of the northern arctic. In the spring, when the snowy owl makes a nest, the snow has started to melt and the brown earth shows through patches of white snow. The female snowy owl’s soft white feathers are streaked with brown so she cannot be seen as she nests on the ground. Here are three other animals that blend into their habitats, or homes. Can you unscramble their names?
How many of the things in this chart could fit into a snowy owl’s wingspan? Measure 60 inches (152 cm) on the floor. Now lie down with your arms outstretched along the line. Measure your outstretched arms. How do you compare?
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ANIMALS All owls have excellent sight so that they can spot creatures like mice that run fast along the ground. Owls’ eyes are not the same as human eyes. We move our eyes in their sockets to see from side to side. The owl must turn his head to see in different directions. Owls also have a third eyelid, which protects the eye. It is a milky white eyelid that comes up from the bottom of the eye. Its purpose is to clean and refresh the owl’s eyes. This third eyelid is called a nictitating membrane.
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The snowy owl has round, yellow eyes. Can you find the pairs of eyes that match?
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STEM
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Some clocks are 12-hour clocks. Other clocks are 24-hour clocks. On a 24-hour clock, you start counting the hours from midnight. From midnight to noon, the hours are are numbered 1-12. After noon, they are numbered 13-24. If you don’t use a 24-hour clock, how do you know if it is morning or afternoon? You can use the letters a.m. after the time to show it is morning and the letters p.m. after the time to show that it’s after noon.
What time do you do each of these things? Draw a line from each box to the time line to make a “Day in My Life” time line.
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FAMILY
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he word animation comes from the word animate, which means to give life. Animation is sometimes called “moving pictures.” But the pictures don’t actually move. Characters, cars and other things appear animated when many still pictures are viewed very quickly, one after another. An animator makes a series of pencil drawings—each one just a little different from the one before it. Then, each drawing is redrawn in ink, painted and photographed. It takes about 18 drawings for just one second of animated action. A 70-minute animated film can use more than 60,000 drawings!
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Nearly one-tenth of the Earth’s surface is covered by frozen ground called permafrost. It extends 305 to 610 meters deep. In Siberia, one permafrost layer measured 1,500 meters (4,921 feet) deep.
Things covered with permafrost stay preserved. Scientists believe the creature at right has been frozen for 20,000 years. What do you think scientists will learn from this amazing frozen piece of history? Standards Link: Life Science: When the environment changes, some animals die; some kinds of organisms that once lived on Earth have completely disappeared, although they resembled others that are still alive today.
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STEM
15 Quick! Before it melts! Solve the puzzle frozen in my ice cubes and you will have good luck! Fill in the blank squares with numbers to make the sum of each side and each diagonal add up to 15.
Hey kids! Are these cool winter days making you feel limp and lazy? Chill! Try my thrilling and chilling magic trick. It’s cool! This trick takes a little practice. Do it a few times until you can do it well!
Then bring on your audience!
Tab Place the glass upside down on the plastic lid. Trace around the glass to make a circle, drawing a little tab as shown. Cut just outside the circle to make it a little bit larger than the mouth of the glass. Be sure to cut out the tab.
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Place your pitcher and glass on a table. Hide the plastic circle in the hand you won’t use to pour.
Pick up the glass with your otherooo hand and turn it over quickly, but gently. Slowly remove the hand holding the top of theo glass. If done right,o the circle will stick to the glass and the water won’t spill out. www.kidscoop.com
Pour water from the pitcher into the glass, until it begins to overflow. Say “I can tip this glass of water over my head and keep it from pouring out.” Lift the glass over your head and say “Magic tricks are hoti work. I think I’lloo cool off.” Thenooo gently push on theoo tab. The plastic circle will come off and the water will fall on you! © Vicki Whiting January 2016
16 Ookpik: The Travels of a Snowy Owl by Bruce Hiscock
The story begins on the tundra landscape of Baffin Island with a nest of eggs. We follow the story of Ookpik, from egg to hatchling to young adult. When food is scarce, Ookpik must fly south to the Adirondacks and then back to his homeland within the Arctic Circle. Hiscock presents an informative, realistic story that explains the adaptations, behavior and habitat of the majestic snowy owl.
behavior and habitat of the majestic snowy owl.
BOOK & WEB PICKS
National Geographic Kids Creature Feature
kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/snowy-owl/ Did you know that snowy owls have yellow eyes and black beaks, and they will even attack a wolf if their nests are threatened? National Geographic Kids tells all about snowy owls.
BioKIDS Critter Catalog
biokids.umich.edu/critters/Nyctea_scandiaca/ Critter Catalog provides detailed scientific information and a page of photographs that’s a great resource for a report on snowy owls.
Adopt a Snowy Owl
defenders.org/snowy-owl/basic-facts Defenders of Wildlife helps protect snowy owls by working to preserve Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge which is threatened by oil drilling.
National Geographic Kids Creature Dr. Martin Luther King knew what it Feature
was like to be discriminated against. kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/snowy-owl/ Heyou had been names and told he black Did know that called snowy owls have yellow eyes and could ofattack things other people beaks, andnot theydo willall even a wolf if their nests are threatened? National Geographic Kids tells all about snowy could do. It wasn’t because of freckles owls. that Dr. King had these problems. It
After years of struggle, the Civil Rights Act made discrimination against the law. However, Dr. King knew it would take more than a law to change people’s hearts and minds. He continued to teach people that discrimination was unfair.
biokids.umich.edu/critters/Nyctea_scandiaca/ In the 1950s and ’60s, Critter Catalog provides detailedmany scientific information and a Americans, black white, spoke page of photographs that’sand a great resource for a report on out and snowy owls.even fought against unfair
Each year on his birthday, Americans remember this man who believed the dream of equality and freedom should ring true for all.
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PUZZLEs
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The grid below is filled with pictures of symbols of winter time. Match each group of symbols on the right with the same four symbols, grouped in the exact same position, on the large grid on the left. In this two-player game, Player A uses a BLUE crayon, Player B uses an ORANGE crayon. Take turns drawing a horizontal or vertical line between two dots. The player who draws the line that completes each square gets 1 POINT. If there is a snowflake in that square, the player earns 3 BONUS POINTS.
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